Ellerbe: Floyd has told us that he is fighting twice in 2013

[thuggery]

I hope its showtime cause most of the HBO commentators have been disrespecting Floyd and when they commentate during Floyd fights they make Floyd opponents look like they are doing better then they really are.

Really? Name a recent example because in his last fight against Cotto they were gobbling up Floyd's nuts the entire night.

[Frank Ducketts]

Margarito fans and Pacquiao fans: Floyd scared of Pacquiao and Margarito. Side with us. We hate when you dis Pac and Marg, and then you all get mad when we dis Floyd like we aren't supposed to.

Floyd's fans: Floyd has beaten guys who gave Pac and Marg hell.

Boxing fans: Pac leave Arum, and stop waiting for Floyd to get old.

[Frank Ducketts]

Really? Name a recent example because in his last fight against Cotto they were gobbling up Floyd's nuts the entire night.

Who Lampley? Ok, let's go to the video tape.

[ToPRaNK]

floyd fighting twice in 2013 OMGGGGGGGG he must be broke as **** according to u guys.

[boxingfeind]

This is just sad. Floyd needs to take this deal and make the most money he's ever made in his career. Pacquiao is over the hill, what the hell is he so afraid of?

Pacquiao don`t deserve 45% idiot,Floyd finances his own fights and Pacquiao does`nt cause he`s signed to a promoter while Floyd just pays Goldenboy a fee to handle the logistics of his promotional company.If anybody deserves 45% it would be Arum cause Arum would be the co-financer of the fight then Pacquiao would have to get a cut out of that 45% but Arum would get the much bigger cut then Pacquiao you fool.

[Big_L]

hbo was hyping guerrero for floyd during the berto fight. schaffer said their way ahead in the process of finding an opponent and he already has a good idea who it will be. golden boy would not be pushing so hard for canelo/cotto if it was canelo. it's pretty clear it's gonna be guerrero.

[boxingfeind]

Really? Name a recent example because in his last fight against Cotto they were gobbling up Floyd's nuts the entire night.

No it was the other way around you down syndrome patient.

[ToPRaNK]

Pacquiao don`t deserve 45% idiot,Floyd finances his own fights and Pacquiao does`nt cause he`s signed to a promoter while Floyd just pays Goldenboy a fee to handle the logistics of his promotional company.If anybody deserves 45% it would be Arum cause Arum would be the co-financer of the fight then Pacquiao would have to get a cut out of that 45% but Arum would get the much bigger cut then Pacquiao you fool.

haha, even with a 45% deal pacqiuao still only stands to make about 15% after bob gets done with his cut.

[IIG]

Guerrero needs to be frozen out. It's a pointless fight.

[big_james10]

LAS VEGAS -- Pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. is making plans for his return to the ring.

Leonard Ellerbe, one of Mayweather's close advisers, told ESPN.com on Wednesday that Mayweather plans to fight twice in 2013, both on the Mexican holiday weekends that typically are target dates for major fights.

"Floyd has told us that he is fighting twice in 2013 with the first date being May 4 -- Cinco De Mayweather -- and the second date being Sept. 14," Ellerbe said.

"Mayweather Promotions is looking forward to these two gigantic Floyd Mayweather events in 2013, and we are in ongoing discussions with our promotional partner, Richard Schaefer (chief executive of Golden Boy Promotions) in finalizing the opponent and other aspects of the upcoming promotion."

Ellerbe said both fights would take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where Mayweather has fought his past six fights. Mayweather also lives in Las Vegas.

Ellerbe's announcement came on the same day of the final news conference promoting Manny Pacquiao's fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday night at the MGM Grand.

A Mayweather-Pacquiao showdown, of course, is the fight fans have been calling for the past few years, but it has gone unmade. Both sides have been handed blame at different points in multiple failed negotiations.

Ellerbe said Mayweather told him and fellow adviser Al Haymon in a recent telephone conversation to begin planning the May 2013 fight.

"He told me and Al this is what he is doing," Ellerbe said.

Mayweather (43-0, 26 KOs), who turns 36 in February, last fought May 5, scoring a unanimous decision against Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto to win a junior middleweight world title to go with the welterweight crown he also holds.

A few weeks after the fight, Mayweather reported to jail to serve a three-month sentence at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas on a domestic abuse conviction. He served about two months of the sentence before he was released for good behavior.

Prior to facing Cotto, Mayweather had said he wanted to fight a second time in 2012, but nothing ever came of it after he was released from jail. Now, Mayweather is ready to fight, Ellerbe said.

"He's been in the gym. Floyd is always keeping his body in shape doing something because he's a great athlete and that's what great athletes do," Ellerbe said.

Mayweather's opponent and at what weight he will fight remain to be seen, Ellerbe said. Mayweather holds titles at 154 and 147 pounds. It is unusual that the sanctioning organizations have let him hold onto both. Usually, when a fighter wins a title in another weight division, he has only a few weeks to decide which to retain.

"That is still to be determined," Ellerbe said of the weight and opponent. "He is just looking to come back in two gigantic fights in 2013 and continue to show why he is the best in boxing."

Mayweather could try to make the long-awaited fight with Pacquiao should Pacquiao prevail on Saturday night, but that is unlikely for the same reasons the fight has gone unmade for years. Most recently, it has been Mayweather's demand for far more than 50 percent of the money that was a deal breaker. Pacquiao already has said he would accept 45 percent and also would undergo the random blood and urine testing that Mayweather has insisted on for him and his opponents in recent fights.

Mayweather already beat Marquez in a 2009 rout, so he is an unlikely opponent.

The most likely opponents for Mayweather are junior middleweight titlist and Mexican star Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and interim welterweight titlist Robert Guerrero, who is technically Mayweather's mandatory challenger and has been calling him out.

Alvarez and Guerrero are both with Golden Boy, which already has said it is planning on Alvarez fighting May 4. Guerrero has looked strong in two fights at welterweight since moving up in weight, including a brutal, hard-fought decision win against former titleholder Andre Berto on Nov. 24 that put him squarely in the running to land a Mayweather fight.

One possible scenario is for Mayweather to fight Guerrero on May 4, with Alvarez in a title defense on the undercard and the guarantee that he gets Mayweather on Sept. 14 if they both win.

"Floyd Mayweather has a plethora of options," Ellerbe said. "Who doesn't want to fight Floyd 'Money' Mayweather and make the most money they ever made in their career? You hit the lottery once you've become a Floyd Mayweather opponent."

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...eonard-ellerbe

I said last night after reading Alvarez's comments about Mayweater fighting in February 2013 that Mayweather would be fighting on Cinco De Mayo weekend and Alvarez would be fighting on his undercard. It looks like I was right. The only question is which stiff will Schaffer put in the ring with Alvarez because Alvarez certainly isn't going to fight Austin Trout or Cotto. Maybe it will be the loser of Alexander/Kell Brook or Randall Bailey, who recently lost to Alexander. Maybe it will be Lara, since he looked so bad in stinking out the joint in his last fight. I guess we'll find out the name of his next stiff in the next week.